Ole Bornedal

Who is Ole Bornedal?

Ole Bornedal is a Danish film director, actor and producer.

Bornedal was born in Nørresundby, Denmark. He wrote and directed Nattevagten, a thriller about a law student who works in a morgue as a night-watchman, and becomes implicated in a series of murders of prostitutes. He also directed an English language remake in 1997, starring Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte and Patricia Arquette. In 2002, he directed I Am Dina. Other Danish films include The Substitute, Just Another Love Story, and Deliver Us from Evil. In 2012, he directed the English-language movie The Possession. He was one of the producers of Mimic.

He is married to the Danish actress, Helle Fagralid, and has three children.